Let the games begin!

Like the Phoenix, the Hoops Sagrado Knights rose from the ashes of the off-season on Sunday to win the first game of the spring season of the Balance Co-ed League 92-48.

The Knights pretty quickly jumped out to a 10 point lead and the game was never any closer. Even though the glory days of a 3-team, 100+ point victory in Jacaltenango are merely memories now, the Knights played as if that was just yesterday.

In addition to being leading scorer, Jerrod had some great take aways, and old-school Knight Dario was a beast under the nets. As you would expect, our fearless leader Bryan was also the assist leader. Stat Girl is going to keep her promise of recording half assists for everytime Bryan makes a great pass, but then the player in the receiving end fails to make the basket.

Proving that questionable calls truly are international, Aniekan got into foul trouble fairly early in the first half, but the Zoloft kicked in around half-time and he was able to play the second half with relative calm.

Special kudos go to Tyler who as the only girl on Sunday's roster had to stay on the court for the full 40 minutes. Not only did she handle the time on the court well, but she also held her own amongst the guys and other women on the court.

As the stats below show, it was a solid effort by everyone and it was great to have the Knights back out on the court together as a team.

Sunday Stats:

Bryan: 15 points/ 9 assists/ 2 rebounds
Tyler: 9 points/ 2 assists/ 7 rebounds
Dario: 13 points/ 2 assists/ 12 rebounds
Jerrod: 26 points/4 assists/ 8 rebounds
Aniekan: 10 points/3 assists/ 3 rebounds
Shaq: 11 points/5 rebounds
Sam: 7 points/ 3 assists/ 4rebounds

Games are held at Balance Gym at 2200 California Street, NW.

Next game is Sunday, April 26 at 3:15 p.m. See you at the gym!